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House Approves Bill on WMD Medical Countermeasures Expenditures | Global Security Newswire | NTI

House Approves Bill on WMD Medical Countermeasures Expenditures

(Global Security Newswire-NTI) The U.S. House on Monday passed a bill that would authorize the use of certain federal grants for improving medical responses to a chemical or biological strike. “Experts have repeatedly noted that the threat of a WMD attack is real,” said Representative Gus Bilirakis (R-Fla.), the bill sponsor,  Read More »

CDC health projects improve disease detection and control

(The Observer) The US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) global health security (GHS) projects on early disease detection, response and prevention in Uganda and Vietnam have resulted in improvements in those areas. This was revealed in an article published in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report released by CDC  Read More »

Deadly Virus Could Be Fought With Drug that Lowers Cholesterol

India hails victory over polio, vows to tackle other diseases

(GulfTimes) Indian leaders celebrated the eradication of polio yesterday, reminding doubters that something once thought impossible had been achieved and promising to tackle other diseases which still blight the country. In January, the country of 1.2bn people marked three years without a new case of the crippling virus, which means it  Read More »